State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
It appears from the exemplification of a record of the Circuit Court of Montgomery, sent to the county of Au-tauga, (hat at March term, 1829, of said Court, a bill of indictment was preferred against Coleman Williams, for the murder of Silas Gorce, which commenced as follows: “Indictment. The State of Alabama v. Coleman Williams.
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It appears from the exemplification of a record of the Circuit Court of Montgomery, sent to the county of Au-tauga, (hat at March term, 1829, of said Court, a bill of indictment was preferred against Coleman Williams, for the murder of Silas Gorce, which commenced as follows: “Indictment. The State of Alabama v. Coleman Williams. The State of Alabama, Montgomery county, Circuit Court, March term, 1829. The grand jury for the county of Montgomery aforesaid, on their oath present,” &c., and which was returned by said jury indorsed, “a true bill,” also the further indorsements of the name of the…
1Opinion of the Court
By JUDGE TAYLOR.
Many points of law decided by the Court below, which have been referred this Court, because (hey were deemed by the judge who presided, novel and difficult; and this Court has now to determine whether the sentence which has been nounced, shall be executed upon the defendant, or the judgment reversed.
In giving an opinion in the case, I shall pursue the order laid down in the defendant’s brief, and consider, 1st. alleged defects in the record, anterior to the trial; 2d. the refusal to award the writ of certiorari, and to permit the defendant to withdraw the plea of “not guilty,”…
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